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Ellie Davis

Best alternative Easter eggs for 2022: Beauty and keepsake options

Spoil your friends, family, loved one or simply yourself this Easter – and while there’s an endless selection of chocolate-based goodies to feast on, there’s another type of treat that has caught our attention.

Much in the same way that advent calendars have evolved over the years to feature everything from socks to sex toys, the same is happening to the classic seasonal offering.

Beauty variations are taking over filled with skin, hair or cosmetics treats in the name of Easter. While we will still be tucking into the creamy, decadent luxury or vegan options, these don’t have a cocoa bean in sight. Housing the products in intricately decorated casings, they can often be refilled year after year.

From L’Occitane, Glossybox and more, see the alternative Easter eggs with hidden surprises below.

Gåva Easter Äggs

Ever since hygge became a thing on our shores, we knew the Scandi lifestyle was on to something - and that’s been confirmed once again with this sustainable twist on the classic Easter egg.

The Swedish founders behind Gåva have crafted limited-edition eggs that are refillable. In bold floral or pink or yellow leopard print or as part of the Vintage Beatrix Potter collection, the beautifully-adorned treats can be personalised for your giftee.

Whether you choose to stuff with homemade keepsakes, experience vouchers, jewellery, toys or chocolate, it is up to you to craft a seasonal surprise that can live on past the long weekend.

Buy now £9.50, Gåva

L’OCCITANE Easter Egg

If you’re looking for something more tangible to gift than the classic Easter Egg, L’OCCITANE is on hand and is sure to delight the beauty lovers in your life. Alongside your chocolate delights, the luxury French skincare label has got the skin and body department covered with its themed offering housed in a reusable aluminium shell that is beautifully adorned in pastel hues.

The Almond (£16) combines the best-sellers from the range of the same name; the Almond Shower Oil 75ml, Almond Delicious Hand Cream 10ml, Almond Delicious Soap, while the Cherry Blossom (£16) collates the Cherry Blossom Shower Gel 75ml, Cherry Blossom Body Lotion 35ml, and Cherry Blossom Hand Cream 10ml.

Last but certainly not least, the Assorted Egg Box that contains four mini eggs with two travel-ready hand creams hidden within.

Buy now £16.00, L’Occitane

LOOKFANTASTIC Beauty Egg 2022

This Easter is set to be a cracking one with the help of beauty retailer LOOKFANTASTIC’s careful curation of its annual egg. Filled to the very brim, it is sure to follow suit in its predecessors sell-out footsteps as has been the case over the last five years since it was created. For 2022, it contains brands like Eve Lom, Elemis, REN and ColorWow - worth over £220.

Buy now £65.00, lookfantastic

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